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Zimbabweans call demo against mass deportation this Saturday (16th)

14-09-2006 11:33

Blair and Mugabe are on the same side
Thando Dube, who was recently freed after 12 months detained in Yarlswood after joining a hunger strike among Zimbabwean detainees, will join a demonstration against the deportation of Zimbabweans in Leeds this Saturday 16 September.

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Bikounga Family Must Stay

12-09-2006 12:34

"It's time to fight for our right to stay" Judith & Juslain
"We've had it all in the UK: Economic persecution, hardship, legal and administrative prejudice, brutality and detention, years of waiting and now destitution and the four of us living in one room. It's time to fight for our right to stay." - Judith and Juslain Bikounga, Tuesday, 12th September, 2006

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Inquests into 3 deaths in Immigration Detention

11-09-2006 05:23

Manuel Pereira Bravo, from Angola - found dead at Yarl's Wood, 15th September 20
There have been 10 deaths in Immigration Removal centres in the last six years.

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Close Down Dallas Court! Protest - 15 September

08-09-2006 23:23

CLOSE DOWN DALLAS COURT! DEFEND ASYLUM SEEKERS!
On Friday 15th September, the North West Asylum Seekers Defence Group, Defend Kalombo Campaign and Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! are holding a protest in Salford Quays, Manchester, calling for an end to kidnappings at Dallas Court reporting centre and for this place of fear to be closed down.

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12 Deaths in Immigration Custody

08-09-2006 17:27

NCADC has obtained the information below under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Children Calling Yarl's Wood IRC 'Home'

08-09-2006 14:20

The Bikounga family
Children calling Yarl's Wood IRC 'home' - Are Britain's Youngest Prisoners becoming Institutionalized?

When children behind the wire start to call Yarl's Wood IRC 'home' it clearly shows that their perception of living in Yarl's Wood, is that they have lived there a long time.

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22 Iraqi Kurds detained today

07-09-2006 16:23

Today, 22 Iraqi Kurds were detained at mainly reporting centres across the UK with plans to forcibly deport them next week to Northern Iraq in another high profile, media event. This follows the forced deportation two days ago of 32 Iraqi Kurds. The government is clearly now going for it big style on mass deportations.

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University of Oxford publication on Palestinian displacement

07-09-2006 10:53

The September 2006 issue of the in-house magazine of the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre includes a major feature on Palestinian displacement.
www.fmreview.org/palestine.htm

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NO Fortress Europe

07-09-2006 09:15

This is an appeal to join the campaign against Fortress Europe. It is a possibility to express your opinion against the legislation soon to be discussed in the European Parliament. How many times do you get to influence EU legislation? Please see the website: www.no-fortress-europe.eu and join the 1600 people who have already signed. Please also circulate the petition. Thank you.

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Malik Must Stay Campaign

06-09-2006 18:41

At sentencing the judge imposed a term of imprisonment for the offence but also recommended that Malik should be deported, as his presence in the UK was 'not conducive to the public good'. Malik accepted and served the prison sentence for the offence but does not accept the recommendation to deport and is appealing against it.

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GAGGED! #13 Autumn 2006 - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter

06-09-2006 11:52

GAGGED! #13 Autumn 2006 - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter • Against Power & Profit • Anti-Copyright
it's alot prettier on .pdf - theres pics too

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Home Secretary resumes forced removals to Iraq

06-09-2006 08:56

John Reid's vow to get tough on unwanted asylum seekers become a reality for 32 Iraqi/Kurds, who were forcibly removed from the UK yesterday. Amidst what one national paper reported as "carnage with blood on the walls" as 15 of those to be removed self-harmed in a desperate attempt to remain in the UK.

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Leeds demonstration called against Zimbabwean deportations

05-09-2006 23:07

Following a recent legal setback, Zimbabweans living in Leeds have called a city-centre demonstration for Saturday 16 September in protest at the UK government's renewed efforts to deport all "failed asylum seekers" back to Zimbabwe. The protest has the support of several groups and organisations in Leeds, including No Borders, the Refugee Council and members of the Common Place social centre.

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NO DEPORTATIONS TO IRAQ! LEAVE TO REMAIN NOW!

02-09-2006 09:44

PICKET OF THE HOME OFFICE,
2 MARSHAM STREET LONDON SW1

12-2 PM on TUESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2006

CALLED BY COALITION TO STOP DEPORTATIONS TO IRAQ
and
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF IRAQI REFUGEES

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Support asylum seekers in London – demonstrate 4 Sep at Communications House !

31-08-2006 16:17

Protest at UK Immigration Service, Communications House, 210 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BR (nearest tube – Old Street) Monday 4 September 1-2pm.

Monthly demo in support of asylum seekers. Also launching the Kanyama Must Stay Campaign.

For further information phone 0207 837 1688

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NO DEPORTATIONS TO IRAQ! LEAVE TO REMAIN NOW!

31-08-2006 14:52

PICKET OF THE HOME OFFICE - TUESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 12-2 PM

Called by COALITION TO STOP DEPORTATIONS TO IRAQ and INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF IRAQI REFUGEES

Show your opposition to Blair and Reid’s policy of deporting vulnerable people to dangerous countries! Support the efforts to stop forced removals to Iraq!

The Home Office has detained many Iraqi Kurds, perhaps 60, and some have been told they will be removed on 5 September. We believe there are also some Arab Iraqis in detention. All over Britain Iraqis are living in fear of a dawn raid on their home, or of arrest at their place of work or when they go to report at the Home Office signing centre. They fear losing even the precarious position they have found in British society.

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The So-Called Voluntary Return

31-08-2006 13:23

1,900 asylum seekers were removed under Assisted Voluntary Return schemes (1,635 principal applicants and 270 dependants), 38% of the 5,070 total removed in May/June/July 2006.

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Filipinas in Lebanon treated like ’modern-day slaves’

31-08-2006 12:16

FINDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO LEBANON:

Filipina overseas workers in Lebanon are being treated like “modern-day slaves,” this was the main finding of Filipinos who had just arrived from Lebanon as part of an international civil society and parliamentary delegation.

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Solidarity with asylum seekers demo 5th September

31-08-2006 10:02

'Voice of Asylum Seekers' are asking for your solidarity and support with their campaign by demonstrating outside Reliance House (Water Street), Liverpool, on Tuesday 5th September, daytime 12.30 - 1.30.

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DEMONSTRATION! DEFEND HALIMA AND BAILEY JR!

30-08-2006 11:30

Defend Halima and Bailey Jr!
DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL OFFICE IN MANCHESTER!
On Monday 4th September, at 9am
at the Immigration Tribunal office, Mosley St, Manchester
near Piccadilly Plaza and Mosley St. Tram